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HANSARDLegal Aid: Rural AreasNorth Norfolk is a legal aid desert. My residents have precious little access to family, criminal and housing legal assistance, despite the best efforts of local organisations…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Road Safety and Active Travel to SchoolThere are so many ridiculous things about modern housing developments, but chief among them is the fact that they are still designed around car usage as the primary mode of…22 Apr 2025HANSARDLegal Aid: Rural Areas6. What steps she is taking to increase access to legal aid in rural areas.22 Apr 2025HANSARD Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for her advocacy on this issue, as well as the Minister for her announcement. I, too, have received many emails…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetMy hon. Friend talks about the need for investment, and much of that will be in training new dentists. Does she therefore agree that it is baffling that a brand-new dental school…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI am immensely grateful to Members from across the House for their contributions and for echoing my call. I want to mention a couple of points that I thought were exceptionally…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, and I am pleased to associate myself with the sentiment behind his remarks. I think it was my right hon. Friend the Member for…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI valued the comments of the shadow Leader of the House, and of my hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones). I offer my condolences, and my time, on a separate occasion,…20 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Farmers in North Norfolk are an incredible bunch who have shown resilience through tough times and are still innovating and diversifying, but there are more tough times ahead.…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesDoes my hon. Friend agree that hospitals face challenges not just with their state or accessibility but with the affordability of housing for NHS workers?20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI do think that more should be done. It is a classic example both of unintended consequences from the explosion of a successful tech platform that was originally designed for…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesIt is not ideological; we must be pragmatic in these things. The right sort of holiday lets can bring in welcome tourism to North Norfolk, but there is a safety issue regarding…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI thank the hon. Member for his contribution. I am a little surprised. I am not too familiar with Reform’s tax policies, but I am not sure whether that is just me or most of us.…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI make absolutely no comment on the latter question, but I welcome the hon. Member’s contribution—no advance sight was given of my speech. Her presence here serves to remind us…20 Mar 2025HANSARD Coastal CommunitiesI beg to move, That this House has considered coastal communities. I am delighted to be leading my first ever debate in this Chamber, on the vital topic of coastal communities. I…20 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Bacton energy hub in my constituency is undergoing a green transition, which I support because I believe in protecting our natural environment and boosting our economy through…18 Mar 2025HANSARDSustainable Farming IncentiveThe sudden completion of the SFI scheme will be a worry for many farmers and local people. I am also very concerned by reports that the NFU was given only 30 minutes’ notice on…12 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 53. I thank the Minister for his comments, and it is a pleasure to serve under your chairship again, Mr Turner. I support the words of my hon. Friend…11 Mar 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.11 Mar 2025